Abandoned Record
About Cookietown
Cookietown is a small unincorporated community in Cotton County, Oklahoma, United States.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Cookietown, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Cookietown is
Historic maps
4 historic USGS maps cover Cookietown
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1955 Lawton sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1962 Walters sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1985 Burkburnett sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1987 Cookietown sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Cookietown
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Oklahoma index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Cookietown": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Cookietown, Oklahoma": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q5167115.
- USGS GNIS 1100316.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).